Previously, Susan was Chief Marketing Officer for News Network, a new media division at News International, and Marketing Director of Barnes & Noble where she oversaw marketing and communications for the launch of barnesandnoble.com.

Susan is Vice Chairman of the Board of English National Ballet, where she also co-chairs the digital sub-committee to drive the organisation forward in its artistic, commercial and internal goals. She is a Trustee of the Donmar Warehouse, and until recently served on the Board of the arts education and outreach charity, The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts. She is also on the Board of The Representation Project, an organisation that uses film and media content to expose injustices created by gender stereotypes. Susan is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of BAFTA. Susan was educated in the United States, where she studied policy and international politics at Boston University and Columbia University as well as classical voice at Juilliard.